1. The Way God Works

2. The Decision God Demands

3. The Prayer God Answers

1. God’s word rejected (16:29-17:1)

2. God’s word removed (17:2-7)

3. God’s word received (17:8-24

1. On His throne

2. On our knees

1. More than truth

2. Born to walk

3. Destined for glory

1. Bound together in prayer (1-5)

2. Bound together in work (6-15)

3. Bound together in truth (14-18)

1. Don’t let anyone deceive you (1-4)

2. A powerful delusion but Christ is Lord (5-12)

3. Stand firm,

…hold to the teaching of Christ’s apostles (13-17)

1. Perseverance is more precious than we know (1-4)

2. Perseverance is focused on the future (5-10)

3. Perseverance is fuelled by prayer (11-12)

1. John’s experience of Jesus’ glory

2. John’s vision of Christ’s glory

3. John’s appeal to us his readers

Why Christmas?

1. Because he came into the world (v.10a)

• Who he is

• Who he is to the world

2. The world in which he was and is rejected (vv.10b-11)

• The world which will not know him but should

• Even those who should know him but didn’t

3. Yet in the world he was and is received by some (v.12)

• Reception is believing in his name

• Reception is through nothing less than a new creation

4. Because we are in this world

• Who he is to us

• What he offers us

He is why Christmas